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' sQmeTMmed THE ReFe GOTTHE BALL. STRIKING 7NCIDENTS IN LAST NIGHT'S BASKET BALL GAME. BY HAYDON JONES, LEC. Columbia University Team Won an Interesting Game from 57th Stre et Y. M. C. A. Players, Columbia University’s besketball team won a lively game lest night from the representatives of the Fift; y-seventh street branch of the Y, M. C, A. at the latter’s gym. The final score was 15 to 10. The collegians put ‘up an interesting game, but found their opponents were able to cope with all attempts at scoring. BALL TO_THE BASKET. SEN. CLARK’S SON TO BACK MONROE. Willing to Bet $1,000 that Miner Can Outpoint Jeffries in Six-Round Bout. BUTTE, Moun., Dec. 23.—It Is not often that a fighter can boast of a millionaire ‘as 4 backer. but that is what Jack Monroe, the miner, who gave Jim Jeffries a beating on Saturday night can @o to-day. No leas a personage either than Charles W. Clark, the son of Sen- | p, ator Clark, the “Copper King,” !s the man who thinks Monroe a fireat fighter, Young Clark saw Monroe box in Call- fornia two years ago when he won the amateur heavy-welght championship, and saw him in his “go” with Jeffries on Saturday night and now he says he will bet any part of $1,000 that Monroe ean not only stay six rounds with Jeffries, but that he will outpoint htm fa a bout of that length, There is $1,000 up now with @ challenge to Jeffries for ‘a six-round bout with the miner and al- though it has not been stated postively st ts thought the money ¢s young Clark's. Monroe !s not working in the mines this week. for a moment's call to meet the cham- He is in training, prepared | of Mon: Jeffries and Monroe were not correct in every detail. It might be said now that Monroe not only had the best of his bout with the champion, but in the third round he knocked Jeffries down twice and had him so that r blow had he delivered it would put the champion to sleep. Be ‘hat he chopped Jeffries's face #o with right and left jabs that at the finan the champion was bleeding badly from several cule, be said Regarding Mon: cann, that he has & Uvalled ead. "In fact, 8 demeanor 18 exactly tho alte: He takes his climb to fame ordinarily, 4nd in apeaking of the bout only says, “Well, I Just managed to do it Waa ‘not in the best of condition says ‘Soares, and hed wat hen ene glove for two years until ten days ago. Previous to that time I was working hard in the mines, and I might say now that if I cannot beat Tom Sharkey | fo, back to them. Regarding Jot- have no idea that I can bent him ina finish fight. Iam not #0 concelted OF $0 focltsie to, think i can hocese However, I would meet him in another short bout.” Jeffries is enthusiastic in hin praisos roe, He says he delteves him to be a comer, and that if he gets in the (UNION BOAT CLUB EXPELS C. 8, TITUS Oarsman, Who Rowed at Hen- ley Last Year, Will Now Sue Organization for $10,000. C. 8, Titus, the oarsman who was sent to the Henley regatta last sum- mer, has been expelled from the Union Boat Club at a meeting of the Board of Directors on what he asserts were trumped-up charges. He will now sue the club for $10,000 damages, which he alleges ho will suffer from injury to his reputation and etanding as an amateur oareman For the past two years there has been considerable friction in the Unton Boat Club over the dislike that several members of the club's Hoard of Diree- tors openly expressed toward Titus. Some t when Titie won. s pen nant In Ma husetts, turn It over Paki his expe considerable about three weeks ago the oarsman wis #ummoned to appear before the Board of Directors to answer three ch. f were based on con h Tight hands and ts coached properly he pion of the world in another bout. The reports of the bout between ——__ oon be able to beat great: many fighters in his class to-d LITTLE MEN MEET IN RING TO-NIGHT. Harry Forbes Stakes Bantam-|< * Weight Championship in Bout ss with Neil in Oakland. A battle for the bantam-welght cham- plonship of the world will be decided at Oakland, Cal., to-night. The lads who ‘will fight for the title are Harry Forbes, of ‘Chicago, the present champion, and Frankie Nell, of California. They will Meet in a fifteen-round bout before the Reliance A. C. for 60 per cent, of the Bross receipts. If Nell is as good a boy 48 reports say he Js Forbes !s likely to lose his hold on the title. The latter has had only four days’ training and as he, was five pounds over the welght he is to weigh:in at when be began work he may have been weakened. Neil, ac- cording to reports, has been training for over four weeks and is in perfect @hape for the bout. He is sald to be a Femarkably clever youngster, a stiff puncher and a good blocker, Sieger and Gans Again. Joe Gans and Charley Steger, of Ho- boken, the gamest light-welghts who ever entered a ring, age to meet again in the roped arena. They have been matched. to meet in a twelve-round bout before the Cambridge (Mass.) A.C. on Dec. 31. The last time they met Gans defeated Steger in fourteen a In that battle Steger exhibited gamen @eldom shown by a pugilint. Fight May Go to Canada, As The Evening World stated last | Week the “Corbett” and McGovern fight Will likely be decided in Windsor, Can, ‘At least, Billy Considine, matchmaker of the Metropolitan A. C, of Detroit, re- ond that how making arrangements t hold a 1 fight ina big armory in Windsor. No Forfelts tor Fighters. Considine has not posted his certified @hevk for $5,000 to guarantee the hold- ing of the “Corbett''-McGovern battte, | @nd 90 the fighters will hardly get the| 82,600 fe which each Is entitled as a Fesult of Considine's failure to ho ttle in Detroit. “Corbett ana wer fai! to get. the money Bon eg ara themselver to blame 5 ed to fight before Con: dine's clan ey took the latter's word bat he. would post a certified check for F000 the following aay larst Is Laughing Now. “Tim Hurst, who represented the Southern Laulaviile, at the meeting when the bide | had $2,500 in hls pocket to post as It Mt he was succenstul | " Ane ak uccenetul "in securing he Decause jstituted, e cannot hold the fight in| Ghe, apie xed a, 43.400. ln bard, pouabie that Gray would It way trom hea Og ite repent tat Tommy West and Mervia jlart been matched to box in Loulsville ts dented iS the mauagers of the Savannah Athletic Club. In speaking of the mateh porters eaid that West 1s willing to meet Ha but that the latter does not want to. meet giving as his reasons that class, and could be eastly detoated. In explaining hie Feason, for not wanting to box Wee, Hart maya that he has defeated West oasily, 4o it again in two or three rounds,’ therefore would not prove a draw- al to entertain the Jimmy De Forest, manager and trainer of Dugilists, would Ike to match Charley Monk a 146-pound fighter In the business, or Flynn againat any 118-pound boy for side deta. De Forygt can be found at No, 619 Madison avenue, Nef York, DEVINE FOUGHT WITH DISLOCATED SHOULDER. (Spectal to T oning World.) PHILADELPH' Dec. 23—Tho slx- round bout betw Tommy Feltz, of Brooklyn, and Ji. y Devine at the Washington Sporting Club last nignt Was most unsatisfactory, ‘Mississippi! Was scheduled to meet the local boy, but his manager took him with "Kid" Carter to Chicago, and Feltz was sub- Devine dislocated his shoulder In the At the time eet for the trial Titus ap: peared with his Inwyers, but the Board of Directors failed to show up. ‘Then at another meeting they expelled him ‘from the club. me To Retain Newark A. C. Linke, Prominent members of the Nowark Athletic Olub are Aiscumsing a proposition to retaln Joh the elob ts ahout to lose, circular letter out, hoping to at Ki to form a’ xolt club, nthe Hoke, | doit ta. the only ot the Newark A. HURLEY READY TOC TOSd THE AT (vou AS “ * CYCLISTS WILL HAVE Event Motor-Paced Champtonship and Will Be Held on Ctrouit. A new cycle championship will be contested for by the pedal-pushens next season. It will be a competition to de- termine the motor-paced championship of the United States. For some time suoh a series has been suggested by cyclists, but nothing came of {t unttl night, when at a spectal meeting held by cycle track owners arrangements for the event were completed, (The riders will compete in every plonship race, the qaner scoring five points, the second three and the third one. ‘A certain percentage of the prize money will be set aside for a grand prize fund, to be distributed among the cham- Men, Come to Me, have orfetuated and developed af ry eases pectiiiac to mer 1 want every man that ts suffering any special diseaso or condition to come and Bare Sovolal chat Te ios treatment that five leaders at the close of the ser from etole ite tt tino ho free proposition, no trial or eataple treatments to offer you, my experience, my’ conscience, iny will call an Teputation, co! id see me I will givo you, free of tion, together with an Lonost and" selenite incurable I will honestly tell you Fc af Your case ls curable, I will {osure you of a perms ritten guarnntes nee, a8 ther are ava attribute my success to promising noth! what I promire. VARICOCELE eured without ULCERS newte und chronic, by my ayetemn of treatmemt are dried up at ones, STRICTURE without Gtteting or first round, and kept on gamely until just before the end of the sixth round, when he was unable to defend himsel!| and the referee stopped the bout. Feltz, was unaware of this ang kept away) from Devine. The latter, owing to his! helplessness, did not attempt to force the fighting very much For the first three rounds the men did little damage, but in the fourth Devine went after the Brooklyn boy and floored him, It was Devine's round. Before the fifth round the referee cautioned the fighters and ordered them to do better work, but there was little improvement fn this round After receiving two hard lefts in the face In the slxth round Feltz out loose and, landing falrly on Devine's jaw dropped pis man, The boys then fought ard, but Feltz again mea: ed the loca; boy and sent him to the canvas with a |hara right on the Jaw. Devine took th count and was very weak when he Ko on his feet Feltz rushed his man and punched yim At will, and would probably him, but the refe n the men and stopped the bout His ion aroused a feoreE of hisses, but all were soon quiethd when a phy- siclan announcea Devine's condition, ——— [JACKSON AND O'ROURKE | FOUGHT TO A DRAW. | 1 | Dec. the “Young Peter colored wolter-welght fighter, of Boston, and Charley O'Rourke, the welter-weight, of this city, fought a six-round bout before the Cambridge A, C. last night and it | was declared a draw. The bout was | hard fought. when the men Were not fighting. O'Rourke showed an improvement in his fighting. He landed hard and often BOSTON, | Jackson," on Jackson with both hands. As both ‘cally fresh at the con- bout the decision of a tators, men will be matched again to in a twel a eneaee ve-round bout r cured cutting. No pain. DISCHARGES ¢ stopped completely. 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Matthews was too nimble on his feet for Ferns, and by jabbing his left repeatedly ‘into the latter's face he succeeded tn outpointing his man, Ferns depended on right anc lef? swings, but Matthews by clever sidestepping ot away from nearly all @f these blo Matthews had the best of every round but the sixth, when Ferns succeeded in etting in @ humber of stiff punohes on fatty's head and jaw. In the ele! ninth and tenth rounds {shed Ferns severely finished him in another and w round, The have been rendered. Sporting. | ESTABLISHED | TWO YHARS, w Orleans Capita!, $50,000. GRAHAM RICE, Prest. Bank Reference: 9268 Canal Street, New Orleans, La. 280 Broadway, New York. alae STRAIGHT WINNERS.| Stax Vederal Bank, New York. $20 WON $88 PAST FIVE DAYS. Our One-Horse-per-Day Play at New Orleans Gets the [loney. Our One-Horse Daily Play the Past Five Days: WEDNESDAY, SCOTCH PLAID . 7 TO 5, WON THURSDAY, COM. FORSTER. . 8 TO 5, WON FRIDAY, SWEET ALICE. . 1 10 2, WON SATURDAY, HARRY WILSON . 1 10 3, WON YESTERDAY, OLD HUTCH, 3 10 5, WON ———————————_——_—— Given good weather and a fair track at New Orleans and we can’t lose a bet for you. Even when the track is bad the worst we ever get for you is an even break. Our despatches indicate good weather and a good track indefinitely from now on, and our famous corps of track experts announce that never in the history of the Maxim &Gay Company have they had up their sleeves such a bunch of good things as they will spring for the benefit of our clients in the next ten days. You can’t afford to miss us from now on, Weare clearly in our stride. If you are wise you will cut in and get some of the picking at once. 440 per cent. are the dividends earned the past five days, and yet the plays we have made in that period are the most conserva- tive that could have been selected. The five were sure winners. \Ve never shoot at the moon. The stockholders of the Maxim & Gay Company bet thousands daily on the onc-horse selection, and the money of our clients is, therefore, as preciously handled as theirs. The outlook for the present week is really glowing. The track is in good condition and promises to remain so, Our experts are on the ground now a month, and they have mastered every detail of the game. They look forward for the next fortnight to the biggest winning’ percentage of their career. String slong with us; vou will get the money, WE HANDLE YOUR MONEY WITH CAUTION. MATTHEWS WON IN. decision was the only one that could | ALLEN, Burke's Winning Wire URANIUM, 4-1, 4nd Mosketo were my selections on Monday. Boing a racing man and acting as betting commissioner for eeveral large racing stables now ractng at New Orleans, places me in @ position to furnish you with the best of in side stable Information, During the New Or Jeans meeting 1 will furnish turfites with one or two good bets each dey. Below fad my recom during the New Orleans meeting, showing every gelection imparted by met COMPLETE RECORD. NOV. 27, MOABINA, 8-1, WON NOV. 28, TANCRED, 12-1, WON NOV. 29, SHRINE, 10-1, 2D DEC. 1, OPTIMO, 6-4 WON DEC. 2,LATSON, 30-1, WON DEC. 3, JESSIE JARBOE,3-1, WON 4. TRAVERS, —_7-1, 3D 5, BEDLAM, 5-1, WON 6, DEPONAN, 12-1, WON 8 MORANDA, 3-1, WON 9,LATUKA, —_7-1, WON DEC. 10, FLORESTAN,30-1, WON DEC. 11, ORDNUNG, scratched. DEC, 12, IF YOU DARE, 4e5, WON DEC. 13, ECHODALE, 8-1, 3D DEC. 15, ALPACA, ” 5.1, 3D DEC. 16, FLORESTAN, 6-1, LOST DEC. 17, SUB, QUEEN, 12-5, WON DEC. 18, JESSIE JARBOE, 4-1 WON DEC. 19; WATER EDGE, |-l, LOST DEC. 19, DEATH, 3-1, 3D DEC. 20, GRANTOR, 6-1, 2D DEC. 20, OPTIMO, | 1265; 2D DEC. 22, URANIUM, 4-1, LOST $5 Straight Has Won $666. The above record speake for itwelt, | Day |B atter day T recelve te congratulation | R from auierous patrons: throughsut. tne couse try, Why are you not one of them? 1 will forgelt the eum of $1,000 to any charitable If Uie above ts not ‘a correct copy Inat'tutior of my rele A Good Investment. Should you be unable to play yourself and wish to take advanuage of ng $5 cr $10 wtralgnt each day, mallipg you w wer for reinvestiment the 1 me your account at agco as 1 have humerous good things in stor ee THURS: AND. FRIDAY, fcmy._ valuable. in wlegraph bt By tors folnen: $5 éally emittannen ran be made by eeitered late ter PLO. money order, express OFte> OF cate Wied eneche Adérese Cc. C. BURKE, P, 0, BOX 42, WASHINGTON, D.C, Sportsmen's Goods. A WEEK Others trom, —=——VY “$10 to $50 Largest Stock of Records in the World, Full Line of Victor Talking Machines, DAVEGA~ Only Store. 32 E, IGUST Open Every Evening Until XMA8, SCOPKINS The Only Downtown TOY STORE. 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